Re: [CR]Alex Singer Bicycles

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:04:55 -0700
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From: "Jan Heine" <heine94@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Alex Singer Bicycles


At 3:25 PM -0700 6/19/08, Michael Thompson wrote:
>I have a friend who lives in Paris and while cycling the other day;
>he fell in with a couple of other cyclists. One of these guys was on
>a brand new Alex Singer. My friend understood the chap to say that
>he may have gotten the last Singer, as Csuka had a bad heart attack
>and may never work again. Is this so?
>Michael Thompson
>Monroe, Louisiana

When I last spoke to Ernest Csuka a few days ago, he complained about his back, not a heart attack. He is 80 years old, however.

I know of several last Singers, but I would not be surprised if these reports were premature.

Jan Heine
Editor
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